Márquez, Bradl and Rabat top the MotoGP FP3 in Catalunya

The motorcycle World Championship held the third free practice session of the seventh round of the 2014 season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where we saw plenty of action in all three categories.

The first to head out were the Moto3 riders, with Álex Márquez literally flying in this FP3, setting a time of 1:50.519 and being the only rider to lap under 1:50 in this third practice session. Binder took second place, 0.570s behind.

The top 10 was completed by Vázquez 3rd, Rins 4th, Antonelli 5th, Kent 6th, Ajo 7th, McPhee 8th, Fenati 9th and Miller 10th. Meanwhile, our riders finished Guevara 12th, Carrasco 19th, Viñales 20th and Herrera 23rd.

Afterwards the MotoGP riders went out, with the fastest in FP3 being Stefan Bradl, who set a time of 1:41.357, flying on the last lap of the Catalan track and giving it everything. Marc Márquez was second, 0.194s behind. The FP3 top 10 was completed by Smith 3rd, Pedrosa 4th, Lorenzo 5th, Rossi 6th, A. Espargaró 7th, Hernández 8th, Dovi 9th and P. Espargaró 10th; the #44 also crashed during this session.

Meanwhile, the combined FP1-FP2-FP3 standings have Bradl as the fastest, and alongside him, Márquez, A. Espargaró, Smith, Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Rossi, Hernández, Dovi and P. Espargaró go directly through to Q2. The remaining riders will have to go through Q1 to see who wins those two extra places to fight for pole position.

And closing out the action in FP3 were the Moto2 riders, with Tito Rabat as the best, setting a lap of 1:46.755 and being the only rider to lap under 1:46 in the grid during this FP3. The second position went to Mika Kallio, 0.522s behind the leader.

For his part, the top 10 was completed by Folger 3rd, Zarco 4th, Pasini 5th, Cortese 6th, Schrotter 7th, Lowes 8th, Viñales 9th and Luthi 10th. The rest of our riders finished Torres 12th, Salom 13th, Simón 14th, Pons 19th, Terol 23rd, Cardús 27th and Ramos 31st.

On to the QPs.

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